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Why New York has become a growing hub for startups ?

Very interesting article today in the Financial Times about why New York has become a growing hub for technology startup companies ? by Steven Johnson.

“Some of the most emulated web companies, such as the gossip site Gawker; location-based social media site Foursquare; the personal health network Everyday Health; and Etsy, a marketplace for handcrafted goods, have originated in Manhattan and Brooklyn over the past five years. For the first time in nearly a half century, since the heyday of Bell Labs (the research offshoot of AT&T), New York has become a world leader in high-tech

15 startups present their takeaways from TechCrunch Disrupt 2010 SF

We came. We saw. We partied.

3 Days at TechCrunch Disrupt wore us out, but we began some amazing partnerships! All in all, we had a blast at the conference and we look forward to the next giant startup party!

We asked 15 startups what they thought of Disrupt, and above are their video interviews. We promise, this will be the last re-living of the event until next year. 😉

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New York Beating Boston In Number of New Startups | The New York Observer

New research from CB Insights shows that while Silicon Valley is still the biggest player in new tech funding, it share of the market has fallen by 7% since last year.

More importantly, as Nick Saint notes, New York — which has traditionally been viewed as a little brother to Boston on the tech scene — is now #2 in terms of new startups, while Beantown is a distant fourth.

The .4 billion in funding recorded in Q3 2010 is a drop from last quarter and a well below the .1 billion from this time last year.

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Seven Reasons Tech Start-Ups Are Setting Up Shop in New York – Wall Street Journal

By Alexander Hotz

When Carter Cleveland, the CEO of the art-trading website Art.sy, moved his fledgling company from Palo Alto, Calif., to New York City he left behind arguably the best place to start a tech business in the U.S.

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Home to giants like Facebook, Google, Apple, Intel and eBay, Silicon Valley is well known as the Mecca for high-tech companies – and entrepreneurs hoping to start one. One third of US-based venture capital investment happens in the Valley, according to PriceWaterhouse Coopers and the National Venture Capital Association. By Cleveland’s own admission, he “couldn’t go into